PdF:AJ4403 Methodology of English Languag - Course Information
AJ4403 Methodology of English Language Teaching 2A
Faculty of EducationAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Světlana Hanušová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Světlana Hanušová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- AJ4403/01: Tue 16:00–17:50 učebna 58, S. Hanušová
AJ4403/02: Mon 8:00–9:50 učebna 63, S. Hanušová - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Lower Secondary School English Language Teacher Training (programme PdF, N-AJ2A) (2)
- Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme PdF, M-ZS5)
- Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme PdF, N-ZS)
- Lower Secondary School English Language Teacher Training (Eng.) (programme PdF, N-ZS)
- Lower Secondary School English Language Teacher Training (programme PdF, N-AJ2) (2)
- Lower Secondary School English Language Teacher Training (programme PdF, N-ZS)
- Course objectives
- The aims of the course is to teach the students how to implement longterm planning in foreign language teaching. Their skills are developed in the process of designing a one-year course of English for a clearly defined group of learners.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of the course the participants will be able to understand the problems of course design, the analysis of the needs of language learner, evaluation of students and teaching materials.
The students will understand different aspects of long-term planning in ELT, will be able to plan a learner-centred course.
They will be able to take part in the design of the school educational programmes. - Syllabus
- 1. Course design components 2. Teacher beliefs 3. Needs analysis 4. Aims and objectives 5. Educational documents (RVP, CEFR) 6. Coursebooks and other materials in ELT 7. Content specification 8. Planning assessment and evaluation 8. Course evaluation
- Literature
- required literature
- GRAVES, Kathleen. Designing language courses: a guide for teachers. Boston: Heinle & Heinle, 2000, xi, 308. ISBN 9780838479094. info
- Společný evropský referenční rámec pro jazyky : jak se učíme jazykům, jak je vyučujeme a jak v jazycích hodnotíme. Edited by Jaroslava Ivanová. 1. české vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2002, 267 s. ISBN 8024404044. info
- recommended literature
- CUNNINGSWORTH, Alan. Choosing your coursebook. Oxford: Macmillan Heinemann English language teaching, 1995, vi, 153 s. ISBN 0-435-24058-7. info
- International perspectives on materials in ELT. Edited by Sue Garton - Kathleen Graves. First published. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, xiv, 292. ISBN 9781137023308. info
- Teaching methods
- project, reading, seminar
- Assessment methods
- Seminar.
Course requirements:
80% attendance,
active participation both in the seminars and in moodlinka,
all assignements and readings as set,
course design - project
peer feedback provided to classmates
Exam: Interview about the course design project - Language of instruction
- English
- Study support
- https://moodlinka.ics.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=1233
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
- Teacher's information
- https://moodlinka.ics.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=1233
Students will be working in pairs in order to increase the opportunities of peer feeback. The students who are spending a semestr abroad (Erasmus, Waco or other study stays) should contact Ms. Hanušová and negotiate their involvement in the course. It is possible to register the course provided that the students can regularly (weekly) work in a pair with a classmate who is currently in Brno.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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